Use PowerShell to Find Available SharePoint List and Library Templates

While there are about 500 available cmdlets right OOTB in SharePoint 2010, I still find things from time to time that don’t have a cmdlet readily available. A great example is finding available List or Library templates.

I’m currently working on a project where I’m going to need to create a LOT of libraries of all different types. I could’ve done a lot of clicking, but who would want to do that?!

Instead, I used PowerShell and the SP Object Model to automate the retrieval of available list templates as well as the creation of lists based on said templates. This blog post will focus solely on getting the available templates. Note: Depending on which site and web features are activated, as well as which SKU you have – your templates will vary.

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Salve! I was looking at this, but it does not fetch custom lists nor libraries. I am trying to write a powershell script to create a new library from a library template that I used by exporting a library that I made.